Hand-cart.



S. B. HAZARD.

HAND CART. 1

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1908. I 1,029,365. Patented June 11, 1912.

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S. B. HAZARD.

HAND CART.

S. B. HAZARD.

HAND CART.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1908.

1,029,365. 1 Patented June 11,1912.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL B. HAZARD, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

HAND-CART.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. HAZARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in HandCarts; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to carts and relates particularly to atwo-wheel cart, which may be used as a push-cart, a carryall, or-as abarrel-cart; in other words, the invention has for its object to providea two-wheel cart, which shall be interchangeable from a push-cart to acarry-all, or as a barrel'cart.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cart which shall beinterchangeable for use as a push-cart, carry-all or barrel-cart, andthe change made from one to the other, without making any alterations inthe cart, which is to say, without removing any bolts, nuts, pins orsimilar securing devices.

The invention has for its further object an interchangeable cart for useas a pushcart, carry-all or barrel-cart, and when used as the latter,barrels may be picked up by means on the cart, and the barrel heldsecurely thereon to be moved from place to place, without anyattachments whatever being first secured to the barrels; in other words,barrels of different heights, without any supplemental attachments orears,'may be lifted and conveyed from place to place by this cart.

For a further and full description of the invention herein and themerits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details ofconstruction of the means for effecting the result, reference is had tothe following description and drawings heretoattaehed.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which z-Figure 1 is a greatly reduced perspective view of my improvedinterchangeable pushcart, carry-all and barrel-cart; Fig. 2 is aperspective view similar to Fig. 1, although on a somewhat larger scale,and showing the cart used as abarrel-cart; Fig. 3 is a per-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 27, 1908.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Serial No. 450,512.

spective View similar to Fig. 1, although on a somewhat larger scale,and showing the cart used as a push-cart; Fig. 4 is a view somewhatsimilar to Fig. 3, but showing the box of the push-cart in a dumpingposition; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cart in a position forattaching a box thereto, to use the same as a carry-all; Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the cart as it would appear when used as acarry-all; Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of one of two members,to which are pivotally connected a yoke for supporting a barrel, andprovided with hooks for supporting a box, when the cart is used as apush-cart or carry-all; Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of onecorner of the box, which is provided with a removable end gate; Fig. 9is a partial vertical and transverse section of the box shown in Figs.3, 4, 5 and'G; Fig. 10 is a detail elevation, showing the mode of attaching one of the side supporting straps to the box, which appear inFigs. 3, 4, 5 and 6; Fig. 11 is a detail showing a hook attached to theleg of the cart, which is used for holding a bail up and out of the way;Fig. 12 is a sectional detail of parts attached to one of the straps ofthe box for the cart, and with which a similar strap has a detachableconnection.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout thefigures.

The cart is shown composed of two ground wheels, each of which are designated as 1, and carried on the short horizontally disposed axles orspindles 2, which, at their inner end may be attached to or formedintegral with brackets 3. As shown in Fig. 7 the brackets 3 are providedwith hub guards 4, so that when the hubs of the wheels 1 are slipped onto the short axles or spindles 2, the inner ends of the hubs will ridebeneath a portion of the guards 4, and cotter pins 5 are employed, beingpassed through the outer end of the short shafts or spindles 2, forretaining the ground wheels thereon, and in the position shown in Fig.1.

The brackets 3 have the radially extending ears 6 and the inwardly andaxially extended lugs 7, serving a purpose which will be furtherexplained, and the said brackets are provided at their forward upperportions with open hooks 8, and semi-circular receiving seats 9; whiledepending from the upper rear portion of said brackets, are

" shown ears with perforations 11; theobject and purposes of the openhooks 8 and the ears 10, will be further explained.

, The body of the cart consists preferably of the U shaped angle ironframe 12, the forward parallel portions of which are securedrespectively, to the oppositebrackets 3, by being bolted thereto, as at13, and when secured, determines the width cross-wise of the cart, orthe distance between the opposite ground wheels 1. The frame furtherincludes a pair of reach-bars 14, which, at one end, are secured by thepreviously mentioned bolts 13, to the U frame 12, and extend back asuitable distance from said U frame, as shown, and preferably convergeso as to bring their rear ends somewhat closer together and the same areconnected by the cross-piece 15, serving as a handhold, by which thecart may be moved from place to place and otherwise manipulated whenpicking up a barrel or attaching the cart to a box, when using the cartas a pushcart or carry-all, all of which will be fully explained. Thecart further includes as a portion of its frame work, a leg or standard,which is indicated as 16, being preferably a barof metal bent intosuitable shape, with the upper ends thereof bolted to the U frame 12, inthe manner shown, and converging to a point indicated as 17, where theopposite portions of the bar are spaced a short distance apart, fromwhich point they extend parallel for a suitable distance to where thebar is bent, as shown at 18, which is that portion of the leg which willrest upon the floor or ground, when the cart is in the normal positionshown in Fig. 1. At the point 17 on the leg, a bolt19 is passed throughthe opposite portions thereof, for the purpose of pivotally securing ahook 20 thereto, as best seen in Fig. 11, which said hook serves as ameans for retaining a bail 21 up and out of the way, when the cart isbeing used for a push-cart or carry-all, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, butis so constructed that said bail may be released from the hook, when itis intended to use the cart for a barrel-cart, as shown in Fig. 2. Thisbail is preferably a rod, which has the horizontal portion 22, and thespaced and parallel portions 23, the free ends of which are bent I atright angles, as at 24:, and hooked in the ears 10 of the brackets 3, bybeing passed through the perforations 11, therein, as shown in Figs. 1and 2.

There is attached to and supported by the cross piece of the frame 12, aspring engaging arm 25, which extends up there from, and said spring armis provided with the plurality of hooks or shoulder engaging portions26, 27 and 28, which are suitably spaced apart throughout the length ofsaid spring arm, and although I have only shown three hooks on thespring arm, it is I wardly in the direction in which the bar is bent at28, to form a shoulder, and then upwardly, and at the point 26, is bentforwardly and slightly downwardly and then back upon itself, with thebar bowed, as at 29, and the end thereof resting upon the upper portionof the shoulder formed by bending the bar outwardly, as at 27. Formingthe upper portion of the spring arm 25 with the bowed portion 29, asshown in Fig. 1, a hand hold is provided by means of which the operatormay grip the spring arm whenever it is found necessary.

In Fig. 2, the cart is shown used as a barrel-cart, wherein a barrel,which, for convenience, I will indicate as A, is shown supported ormounted upon the cart, in a manner which I will now explain. It will beobserved that the barrel A is without ears or any supplementalattachments whatever. Assuming that the barrel is resting upon thefloor, the cart is wheeled up to the barrel after first releasing thebail 21 from the hook 20, and by tilting the barrel up and away from thecart, the cart may be moved into a position like that shown in Fig. 2,when the barrel may be lowered ontothe transverse piece 22 of the bail,which will place it in a position to cause the hook 26 of the spring arm25 to engage the upper edge of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 2, for thepurpose of firmly retaining the barrel in that position on the cart,when a person may, by engagement with the hand hold 15, connecting thereach bars 14, move the barrel from place to place, without any apparenteffort, even though the barrel may weigh considerable, in fact, inactual commercial use, the cart has been known to be serviceable for thepurpose of transporting barrels from place to place, which weighanywhere from three hundred to seven hundred pounds. Upon reaching theplace where it is desired to release the barrel from the cart, the reachbars 14 may be elevated, which will throw the vertical and parallelportions 23 of the bail 21, against the lugs 7 of the brackets 3, whichwill cause the bail -to spring from beneath the barrel A, and

said barrel at the same time being released from the book 26 of thespring arm 25. While the hook 28 of the spring arm 25, in Fig. 3, isshown as a means of retaining a box on the body of the cart, yet boththe hooks 27 and 28 may be used for engaging the upper edges of barrels,which may difier in height from that shown in Fig. 2, having beendesigned especially to adapt the cart to three different makes ofbarrels, although, as previously-stated, said spring arm may have asmany hooks as desirable, and they may be arranged at various distancesapart to adapt the cart to many and various sizes of barrels.

Calling attention to Figs. 3 and 9, a box is shown which, forconvenience, will be referred to as B. This box is of suitable width andlength and of a desirable height, and is preferably constructed with awood bottom 30, metal sides 31, and ends 32 and 32 The end 32 being'fixed and the opposite end 32 being removable to serve as an end gate,as shown in Fig. 8. The metal forming thesides of the box, is bentinwardly and beneath the bottom 30, as at 33, see Fig. 9, and areinforcing strip 34 is placed below and adjacent to the inturnedportion of the sides, which extend from end to end of the box, as shownin Fig. 4, and corresponding strips 35 are placed on the inside of thebox, upon the bottom thereof, and the said strips 35, 34 and theinturned portions of the sides 33 are bolted, as at 36, to the bottom ofsaid box.

The end gate 32 which is shown in detail in Fig. 8, has secured to theupper out side edge thereof, a strap 37, which is bent at right angles,as at 38, so that when the end gate is placed in position in the box, itwill bear against inturned portions 39 of the box sides which will beseated between the gate and the strap 37, and with the right angleportions 38 of said strap, bearing against the sides of the box, asshown in Figs. 3 and 8.

Secured to the underside of the strips .34 beneath the box, are brackets40 and 40 from which project outwardly the short stems 41 and 41*, whichare provided at a suitable point thereon with the radially extended lugs42. On the respective stems 41 and 41 are adapted to be carried thestraps 43 and 44, which said straps at their lower ends, are providedwith the key-hole shaped slots 45, to adapt them to be passed on to thestems 41 and 41 between the lugs 42 and the body of the brackets 40 and40*. It will be understood that to pass the straps 43 and 44, onto thestems 41 and 41*, the key-hole shaped slots 45, must coincide with thelugs 42, and that after the straps have been placed 011 the stems, bymoving them to one side or the other, will place the keyhole shapedslots in a position so as to prevent the accidental disconnection of thestraps from the stems 41 41 To disconnect the said straps, they will bemoved to a position where the key-hole shaped slots will coincide withthe lugs 42 when the straps may be easily removed from the stems 41 and41. In the opposite end of the strap 43, there is provided a key-holeshaped slot 46 similar to that shown at 45, while to the opposite end ofthe strap 44, there is secured a sleeve 47 which I will now proceed todescribe. This sleeve 47 at its opposite ends is reduced, as at 48 and49, see Fig. 12, and projecting radially from the reduced portion 49 ofsaid sleeve, is a lug 50. To secure the sleeve 47 to the strap 44, saidstrap is placed over the reduced portion 48 of the sleeve, and a bolt 51is inserted from the other end of the sleeve therethrough, with a nut 52engaging and secured to the end of the bolt and bearing against theouter face of the strap 44, which will securely hold said strap 44 onthe sleeve. I preferably employ a bolt 51 with a round head 53, whichsaid head shall not be any larger than the outside diameter of thereduced end portion 49 of the sleeve; the object of this is as follows:It is intended, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, to unite the upper end of thestrap 43, to the sleeve 47 attached to the strap 44. To do this, the twoends of the straps 43 and 44, are brought opposite each other, and thesleeve 47 is turned so as to bring the lug 50 opposite the reducedportion of the keyhole shaped slot 46, when the end of the strap 43 maybe'slipped over the reduced end 49 of the sleeve 47, and said sleeveturned to a position so that the lug 50 will not coincide with thereduced portion of the keyhole shaped slot 46 in the bar 43, when thesaid bars 43 and 44 may be united and retained in that position shown inFigs. 5 and 6. To release the bars, all that is necessary to do is toagain rotate the sleeve 47, so that the lug 50 thereof, will coincidewith the reduced portion of the key-hole slot 46, when the bar 43 may beagain slipped off of the sleeve 47.

lVhen the straps 43 and 44 are disconnected, they are placed in theposition shown in Figs. 3 and 4, with the strap 43 held be tween a cleat54 and the body of the box, which said cleat is attached to the side ofthe box, as shown in the said figures, and the strap 44 is held. in itsposition by the pressure of the strap 43 against the strap 44, whichsaid strap 44 is placed between the strap 43 and the body of the box, asshown. When the cart is used as a pushcart, the bail 21 is held up outof the way by the hook 20, as shown in Fig. 3, and the box is stood onits end, which is provided with the removable end gate 32, and the cartmoved up into a position so that the open hooks 8 of the brackets 3,will engage the spindles 41 and cause them to be seated in thesemi-circular seat portions 9, formed by the open hooks 8, when the boxis thrown into the position in which it is shown in F ig. 3, when theend 32 of the box, will be caught under thehook or engaging lug 28 ofthe spring arm 25, and firmly held in that position. The width of thebox is only suflicient to allow it to be placed between the brackets 3,and its length is such, that when it is secured in position on the cart,the end 32 will be adjacent to the vertical portion of the spring arm25, between the frame 12 and the hook or engaging lug 28, which saidhook, as described, holds the box on the frame of the cart. It beingdesired to dump whatever material is in the box therefrom, by takinghold of the bowed portion 29 of the spring arm 25, said arm may be drawnbackward, so as torelease the hook or engaging lug28 from the box, whenit will assume that position which is shown in Fig. 4, and if the endgate 32 has been previously removed by drawing the cart backward, allmaterial in the box will be discharged therefrom. The center of gravityof the box is between the end having the end gate 32 and the spindles41, so that the box will dump of its own weight, in that position shownin Fig. 4, upon the release of the spring arm therefrom, as abovedescribed.

Figs. 5 and 6 show the cart when used as a carry-all, wherein the box 31is again used, but in a little different manner from that shown as apush-cart in Figs. 3 and 4. To use the cart as a carry-all, the box 31is placed on the floor or the ground, in the manner in which it is shownin Fig. 5, with the straps 43 and 44 connected at their outer ends inthe manner previously described. The cart is then placed in a positionso that the open hooks 8 of the brackets 3, will engage the sleeves 47and seat the said sleeves in the semi-circular seatportions 9, formed bythe open hooks 8. lVhen this is done, the reach bars 14 are lowered intothe position shown in Fig. 6, which will elevate the box 31 off of thefloor or the ground, in the manner shown in Fig. 6, when the cart withthe box and the load therein, may be transported from place to place,and the cart disconnected from the box, by again raising the reach bars14 into that position shown in Fig. 5, when the cart may be backed awayfrom the box. Figs. 5 and 6 show the cart used for dairy purposes, orupon the farm, when it is desired to transport filled milk cans from oneplace to the other. To disconnect the cart from the box 31, when it isused as a push-cart, substantially the same operation is gone through,as it is when it is desired to disconnect the cart from the box, whenthe cart is used as a carry-all. That is to say, the box as it is shownin Fig. 4, is allowed to rest on its ends, when the reach bars 14 arethrown into that position in which the cart is shown in Fig. 5, when thecart maybe backed away from the box, disconnecting the open hookportions 8 of the brackets 3, from the spindles 41.

From the foregoing description, it is obvious that the cart without anychanges whatever being made thereto, by the removing of bolts, nuts orpins, may be quickly interchanged for use as a barrel-cart, a push-cartor a carry-all, the bail 21 being lowered when used as a barrel-cart andraised and held out of position when used as a push-cart or carry-all;the spring arm being employed both when the cart is used as' abarrel-cart or as a push-cart, and when it is desired to use the cart asa carryall, it is only necessary to change the straps 43 and 44 fromthat position shown in Fig. 3, to the position shown in Figs. 5 or 6.The detail construction of the box 31, is immaterial, except that itmust be provided with some such means as the spindles 41, to enable thebox to be secured in position on the cart, and further provided withsome such means as the straps 43 and 44 to be connected at their upperends, so that the cart may be used as a carry-all.

I am aware that barrel-carts are not new, but at the same time, I do notknow of any barrel-cart where different sizes of barrels may be attachedto and supported by the cart, without first providing the barrel withears or some supplemental attachments, to enable the barrel to besupported or secured to the cart; and further, am not aware of a cartwhich is both useful as a barrel-cart in the manner in which I havestated and which may be also interchanged for use as a push-cart orcarry-all.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a frame,ground wheels connected to said frame, a supporting bail pivotallyattached with said frame, and a spring arm extending up from said frame,said arm provided with a plurality of hook engaging portions.

2. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a frame,ground wheels connected with said frame, a supporting bail pivotallyattached to said frame, a hook for holding the bail in an inoperativeposition, and a spring arm extending up from said frame, said armprovided with a plurality of hook engaging portions.

3. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a pair ofshort axles, ground wheels mounted on said axles, a frame con nectedwith said axles, said frame provided with a pair of open hooks formingsemicircular seat receiving portions, a bail pivotally hung upon saidframe, and a spring arm extending up from said frame, said arm providedwith a plurality of hook engaging portions.

4. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a pair ofbrackets each provided with an extension lug, wheel spindles connectedwith said brackets and ground wheels mounted upon said spindles, a frameconnected with said brackets, a supporting bail pivotally connected withsaid brackets, and adapted when the frame is elevated into a suitableposition, to have engagement with the extension lugs of said brackets,and an arm attached to and extending upwardly from said frame, said armprovided with hook engaging portions.

5. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a pair ofbrackets each provided with an extension lug and with open hooks formingsemi-circular seat receiving portions, wheel spindles connected withsaid brackets and ground wheels mounted upon said spindles, a frameconnected with said brackets, a supporting bail pivotally connected withsaid brackets, and adapted when the frame is elevated in a suitableposition, to have engagement with extension lugs of said brackets, anarm extending up from said frame and provided with hook engagingportions, a leg attached to and forming a rest for said frame, and ahook pivotally attached to said leg for holding the bail in aninoperative position.

6. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a pair ofbrackets each provided with a perforated ear and open hook engagingportions, a lug projecting from each of the brackets, wheel spindlesconnected'with said brackets and ground wheels mounted upon saidspindles, a frame connected with said brackets, a supporting bail havinga horizontal portion, and vertical supporting portions, which saidvertical portions at their ends are pivotally connected with theperforated ears of the brackets, and an arm connected to the extendingup from said frame, said arm provided with a plurality of hook engagingportions.

7. In a cart of the character described, a frame comprising anapproximately U shaped portion, reach bars connected with said U shapedportion, and joined at their outer ends by a hand hold, bracketsconnected with said U shaped portion, said brackets provided with openhook engaging portions, wheel spindles connected with said brackets andground wheels mounted upon said spindles, a supporting bail pivotallyconnected with said brackets and suspended therefrom, and an armextending up from said U shaped portion and provided with a plurality ofhook engaging portions.

8. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a frame,ground wheels connected to said frame, a supporting bail pivotallyconnected with said frame and adapted to carry the weight of a barrel,means attached to said frame for engaging the upper edge of a barrelwhen supported upon said bail, and means with whlch the bail will engagewhen the frame is raised into a suitable posit-ion for releasing saidbail from the barrel, while at the same time sa1d engaging means for theupper edge thereof will be released therefrom.

' 9. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a frame,ground wheels connected to said frame, a bail pivotally connected withthe opposite sides of said frame and hung therebetween, and adapted tosupport a barrel thereon, an arm connected with the frame and providedwith means for engaging the upper edge of the barrel after the same hasbeen placed upon the bail, and lug-s connected with said frame adaptedto be engaged by the bail when the frame is elevated, which saidengagement of the bail with the lug will force said bail from beneaththe barrel and while at the same time said barrel will be released fromthe engaging means on said arm.

10. In combination, in a cart interchangeable for use bot-h as abarrel-cart and a push-cart, of a supporting frame provided with a pairof open hook engaging portions for forming a connection with a box,ground wheels connected with said frame, a bail pivotally connected withsaid frame for forming a rest for a barrel, a leg attached to said frameand forming a rest therefor, means attached to said leg for holding thebail in an inoperative position, and an arm connected to and extendingup from said frame, said arm provided with a plurality of hook engagingportions, any one of which may serve as an engaging means for a box whensupported upon said frame, or for a barrel when resting upon the bailattached to said frame.

11. In a cart of the character described, the combination of asupporting frame, ground wheels connected to said frame, a box, meansfor pivotally and detachably connecting the body of said box with saidframe, and a spring arm attached to and extending up from said frame,said arm provided with a hook engaging portion for securing the box inan operative position on said frame, and said arm also provided with ahand hold, whereby it may be manually released from said box.

12. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a frame,ground wheels connected to said frame, a box, a pair of straps connectedto each side of the said box, means for detachably connecting the freeends of each pair of straps, and means for pivotally and detachablyconnecting the frame to the juncture of said straps.

13. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a frame,ground wheels connected to said frame, a box, a pair of straps connectedto each side of said box, means for detachably connecting the free endsof each pair of said straps in spaced relation, and means for pivotallyand detachably connecting the frame to the juncture of said straps inthe space between their free ends.

14. In a cart of the character described, the combination of a frame,ground Wheels connected to said frame, brackets connected to said framehaving receiving seats, a box, a pair of straps connected to each sideof said box, means for detachably connecting the free ends of each pairof straps in spaced signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

SAMUEL B. HAZARD.

Witnesses CHAS. WV. LA PoRTE, LAURA E. CLAYPooL.

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